diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/tasks.clj b/src/babashka/impl/tasks.clj
index d8245b4f..290a8151 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/tasks.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/tasks.clj
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@
                       (:children forms))
         loc (zip/edn the-map)
         loc (zip/down loc)
-        loc (zip/find-next-value loc :tasks)
+        loc (zip/find-value loc :tasks)
         loc (zip/right loc)
         loc (zip/down loc)]
     (filter symbol?
diff --git a/test/babashka/bb_edn_test.clj b/test/babashka/bb_edn_test.clj
index 816b4008..8a664737 100644
--- a/test/babashka/bb_edn_test.clj
+++ b/test/babashka/bb_edn_test.clj
@@ -152,7 +152,14 @@
                                           :task t2/foo}}}"
     (let [res (test-utils/bb nil "tasks")]
       (is (= "The following tasks are available:\n\ntask1 task1 doc\ntask2 task2 doc\nfoo   Foo docstring\nbar   Foo docstring\nbaz  \nquux  Foo docstring\n"
-             res)))))
+             res))))
+  (testing ":tasks is the first node"
+    (test-utils/with-config "{:tasks {task1
+                                    {:doc \"task1 doc\"
+                                     :task (+ 1 2 3)}}}"
+      (let [res (test-utils/bb nil "tasks")]
+        (is (= "The following tasks are available:\n\ntask1 task1 doc\n"
+               res))))))
 
 (deftest task-priority-test
   (when-not test-utils/native?